Kirkuk: The Security Media Cell announced that a fight broke out at 2:00 AM on Tuesday between two groups in Kirkuk Governorate. The altercation began with a fistfight and later escalated to the use of weapons, resulting in the deaths of two security personnel and injuries to two civilians.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the statement added that security forces in Kirkuk Governorate cordoned off the area, arrested all those involved in the shooting and the incident, seized the weapons used, and referred the suspects to the appropriate investigative authorities to face justice.